ONF Members Profile

ONF Members Profile: ONF Facts and Ideal Types
ONF (온앤 오프), short for ‘On N Off’, is a 7-member South Korean boy group under WM Entertainment. The group consists of Hyojin, J-US, E-Tion, Wyatt, MK, and U. Laun left the group in late August 2019. ONF has 2 leaders and is divided into 2 sub-units: ON Team and OFF Team. ONF debuted on August 2, 2017.

Hyojin Facts:– He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
– His nickname is “Deer”.
– His hobbies include listening to music, singing, and collecting shoes.
– He was featured as a dancer in the Korean web drama “Loss:Time:Life” with E-Tion, J-US, and Wyatt.
– He was a trainee for 5 years.
– Hyojin has won prizes in singing competitions when he was in school.
– He can also mimic the sound of echoing in a singing room.
– Hyojin collects Jordan shoes.
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE.
– Hyojin and J-US have been friends for 10 years now. (MIXNINE)
– He has a habit of biting his knuckles when he’s stressed.
– He was the male center for MIXNINE’s Just Dance performance.
– He placed 2nd on MixNine (Was supposed to debut but the debut has been canceled)
– Hyojin’s ideal type: someone who likes everything about him and who is very understanding.

E-Tion Facts:– He was born in Jeonju, South Korea.
– He can speak Japanese and Chinese.
– One of his hobbies is to watch movies.
– He likes clothes and shoes.
– He dislikes spicy food.
– He made a cameo in labelmate B1A4’s VCR “Feeling” with Wyatt.
– He was featured as a dancer in the Korean web drama “Loss:Time:Life” with Hyojin, J-US, and Wyatt.
– He was a trainee for 3 years.
– E-TION likes to do fashion designing as a hobby and wants to make uniforms for ONF.
– He came up with Laun’s stage name.
– He likes fashion and he designed their official t-shirts.
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE.
– E-Tion was eliminated from Mixnine. (He was eliminated in the last ep.)
– E-Tion’s ideal type: A woman who does her very best.

J-US Facts:– He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
– His nicknames are “Cool Guy” and “Handsome”.
– One of his hobbies is to watch dramas.
– He made a cameo in labelmate B1A4’s mini drama VCR “The Class” with Wyatt and Laun.
– He was featured as a dancer in the Korean web drama “Loss:Time:Life” with Hyojin, E-Tion, and Wyatt.
– He was a trainee for 5 years.
– J-US was the vice president of the student committee all throughout highschool.
– He used to want to be a table tennis player when he was younger.
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE. (He ended on 29th)
– J-US and Hyojin have been friends for 10 years now. (MIXNINE)

Wyatt Facts:
– He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
– Jaeyoung lived for a while in Kazakhstan.
– He can speak English.
– His nickname is “Monkey”.
– His hobbies include watching movies and reading books.
– His specialty is krumping (a type of dance).
– He likes hamburgers.
– His dislikes bugs.
– Wyatt collects shoes and figures.
– He made a cameo in labelmate B1A4’s mini drama VCR “The Class” with J-US and Laun.
– He made a cameo in labelmate B1A4’s VCR “Feeling” with E-Tion.
– He was featured as a dancer in the Korean web drama “Loss:Time:Life” with Hyojin, E-Tion, and J-US.
– He was a trainee for 7 years.
– Wyatt only has one eye with a double eyelid.
– Wyatt said that his stage name means “Brave”, so that’s why he picked it, he said he sometimes introduces himself as a brave man.
– He’s a fan of Kim Kwang-Seok. (Pops in Seoul)
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE. (He was eliminated in the last ep.)
– Wyatt’s ideal type: If he likes a person, that person is his ideal type.

MK Facts:
– He was born in Anyang, South Korea.
– His nickname is “Kkyuni”.
– One of his hobbies is playing the guitar.
– He was a former Starship trainee.
– He was a participant on No.Mercy (reality show that created MONSTA X).
– He was a trainee for 7 years.
– MK can mimic the sound of an elephant.
– MK came up with his stage name which means “Min Karat”.
– The members say he looks like a cat. (Pops in Seoul)
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE.
– Minkyun was eliminated on the ep. 13 of Mixnine, ending up 22nd place.
– MK’s ideal type: Someone who has a pretty smile.

U Facts:– He was born in Osaka, Japan.
– He has 2 brothers and a sister.
– He can speak Japanese and Korean.
– His hobbies include riding bicycles and listening to music.
– His specialty is dance.
– He was in a dance crew in Japan when he was a kid.
– He likes bread and spicy food.
– He dislikes bugs.
– He is really shy and because of his lack of confidence he often thinks that he is awkward.
– U said that out of the members he is the closest with Jaeyoung. (vlive)
– U is friends with Pentagon‘s Yuto (both are from Japan and trained with JYP).
– U is also friends with TWICE’s Sana (both are from Osaka and trained together in JYP)
– The members nicknamed U “Kim Yuto” because he’s so good at Korean, and he also has the best handwriting out of the members.
– He was a former JYP trainee.
– He used to work as a part-timer at a Korean pork belly restaurant and learned Korean while earning money.
– He was a trainee for 1 year.
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE.
– Yuto was eliminated on the ep. 13 of Mixnine, ending up 23rd place.
– U’s ideal type: If he likes a person, that person is his ideal type.

Laun Facts:
– He was born in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.
– His nickname is “Smiling Angel”.
– Laun is a senior student at SOPA (School of Performing Arts Seoul).
– He is in the same class with Oh My Girl’s Arin and Wanna One’s Jihoon.
– His hobbies include collecting pens and watching movies.
– He was a former BigHit trainee and trained with BTS at the age of 14.
– He made a cameo in labelmate B1A4’s mini drama VCR “The Class” with J-US and Wyatt.
– He was a trainee for 4 years.
– He has a really bad eyesight so he has to wear contacts.
– Laun collects books and pens.
– He really wanted to get close to Yuto and he always asks him if they are best friends, he even tested him with lie detector.
– Laun has won the top prize at a kendo competition. (Pops in Seoul)
– His fans have nicknamed him “milk boy” because he likes milk and seems soft.
– He says he can’t drink coffee yet and eats ice cream to stay awake (On The Run Ep.07)
– Laun is friends with Wanna One’s Park Jihoon.
– He, along with the rest of ONF members are contestants on MIXNINE.
– He placed 7th on MixNine. (Was supposed to debut but the debut has been canceled)
– Laun official left the group and terminated his contract with WM for “personal reasons” on August 23, 2019.
– Laun’s ideal type: Someone who leaves a strong impression.

i choose laun since he is the closest to me and we are the same month and zodiac, my baby

Panda

:O I didn’t know Minkyun finally debuted! So glad that so many of the no mercy contestants are finally debuting

tamie

this band looks gooooooooooood

Ryuta Shiho Lee

THIS GROUP IS SOO GOOD

Baebae💫

Laun is friends with Wanna One’s Park Jihoon

KProfiles

@Baevii:disqus
Thanks for the comment! 🙂

MalevolentMocha

my bias is Hyojin since we have the most in common 😛

plus i like people with animal characteristics lol

jeonyugyeoms

wyatt only has one eye with a double eyelid

KProfiles

@jeonyugyeoms:disqus
Thanks for the comment! 🙂

hunter

I’m so happy Minkyun is finally debuting, warms me heart.

Sjlover456

All of them trained for pretty long periods except for U, let’s walk on flowery path ONF!

Skyllar

I found them because of Ayno from VAV. He and MK were in No Mercy together. I really want the best for this group! ♥️♥️

princemaktho

Laun has won the top prize at a kendo competition. His fans have nicknamed him “milk boy” because he likes milk and seems soft. “Laun” has two meanings, one inspired by the color of the earth, “Brown”, and one meaning “Do not make haste”, to take things slowly no matter what.

The members nicknamed U “Kim Yuto” because he’s so good at Korean, and he also has the best handwriting out of the members.

J-US was the vice president of the student commitee all throughout highschool. He also used to want to be a table tennis player when he was younger.

Hyojin has won prizes in singing competitions when he was in school. He can also mimick the sound of echoing in a singing room.

MK can mimick the sound of an elephant. MK also came up with his stage name which, means “Min Karat”. The members say he looks like a cat.

E-TION likes to do fashion designing as a hobby and wants to make uniforms for ONF. He also came up with Laun’s stage name.

Wyatt said that his stage name means “Brave”, so that’s why he picked it, he said he sometimes introduces himself as a brave man. He’s also a fan of Kim Kwang-Seok.

They talked about all of this on Pops in Seoul ^^

KProfiles

@princemaktho:disqus
Thanks a lot for the additional facts and for providing the source! It’s really appreciated! 🙂

princemaktho

No problem ^^

CNUBearBae

Laun is a senior student from SOPA
He says he can’t drink coffee yet and eats ice cream to stay awake (On The Run Ep.07)
He also shares the same class with Oh My Girl’s Arin and Wanna One’s Jihoon

KProfiles

@CNUBearBae:disqus
Thanks for the info! 🙂

Bob’s your uncle

U is friends with Pentagon’s Yuto (Both are from Japan and trained with JYP)

KProfiles

@aquariusvillager:disqus
Thanks a lot for the info! 🙂

Bob’s your uncle

No problem 🙂

oofsus

what is the difference between the on and off units?

agase

they are just split in 2 different sub units. On and OFF, each having different members.
maybe in the future each of the 2 sub units will have popular comebacks/songs as well ^_^

Kyra

The ON team focuses more on vocals while the OFF team focuses on choreography and dancing.

Tae_Bae

Why do I always fall for the members with letters as their stage name

LaizC

Sorry confused person here:
I read somewhere that park jihoon (wanna one) was in the broadcasting dept, arin is in the same class as mina and mark (there was a class picture somewhere) and from what i know mina and mark are in the dance dept (or dance class or something). Since theyre in different departments, are they all in the same class with laun?

lan

@laizc:disqus
did you see Laun in the same pic with the rest of them? if not, wouldn’t that mean they are in different classes?

MarkLeeIsProbablyMySoulmate

So happy to see Minkyun debut! He was always one of my favorites on No.Mercy ^^

Also thank you, if it wasn;t for you I wouldn’t have looked the pic up properly and found a non-blurred one (before I only saw a pic that had people blurred out except mark, arin, and mina. Which made me unsure who else was in the class cos I was thinking maybe they got blurred out cos they hadn’t debuted yet.)

o! y!

I want to know the height of each member

Dan

Saw them on MIXNINE~

Arixa

I’m pretty sure Wyatt is the main dancer because in MixNine he said that no one can beat him when it comes to dancing

Hyojin and J US have been friends for 10 years now,
Tht was revealed on Mixnine

Ezra Kimcha

U has the same stage name from Vermuda

K

Stole my heart not even a minute into the video. No fairrrrr

ally🌺

you mean U?

Jeffrey Gael Nicholason

E.Tion was eliminated from mixnine

MarkLeeIsProbablyMySoulmate

E-Tion was eliminated on Mixnine. He came 29th, elimination being 28th and up.

KProfiles

@eemannadeem:disqus
Thank you for the info and for providing the source, it’s really appreciated! 🙂

KProfiles

@jeffreygaelnicholason:disqus
Thank you for the info, it’s really appreciated! 🙂

KProfiles

@jurajil:disqus
Thank you for the update, it’s really appreciated! 🙂

Eeman Nadeem

Your very welcome~ 🙂

BLACKJACKXVIP 2NE1XBB

Wyatt just totally stole my heart! I’m suing him. 😭💕

ONF | Laun

Minkyun & Yuto was eliminated on the recent episode of Mixnine (Ep. 13), Ending up 22nd and 23rd place respectively 🙂

ONF | Laun

Hyojin have this habit of biting his knuckles when he’s stressed 🙂

KProfiles

@iLoveYouLaun:disqus
Thanks for all the help and updates, it’s really appreciated! 🙂

disqus_SqpCT4Q4XJ

Hyojin got 2nd and Laun 7th on the debut team

Mywishingflower

That awkward moment when you realize that all but two of them are older than you… I have spent that last couple of months thinking that they were all younger than me, only to found out now that Hyojin (who I thought was about 16) is actually two years older than me. What?!

thin bulb

well dear, it’s more awkward to realize that all of them are even younger than your youngest brother. *sob* T.T

Paula Nunes

The maknae was born on my birthday on the same year… what?? I have to stan him now, we are meant to be

@russenjayreyes:disqus
Thank you for the heads up and happy birthday to him! 🙂

BogoChimda

Laun feeds wild cats almost everyday since joining WM Entertainment. He sometimes brings other members with him.

Katrina Pham

Laun is close to Oh My Girl’s Arin

Raclette

He feeds wild cats, like those in the Zoo? Or stray cats, those without owner?
He’s my bias! <3

HowKpopSlayedMe

Laun has the same Birthday as me!😁

Somanymistakes

Mk is the one who feeds stray cats.

Dana Konadu

hyojin’s ideal type: someone who likes everything about him and who is very understanding
minkyun’s ideal type: someone who has a pretty smile
seungjoon’s ideal type unknown
changyoon’s ideal type: a woman who does her very best
yuto’s ideal type: unknown? idrk he said that if he likes you, you are his ideal type
jaeyoung’s ideal type: same as yuto
minseok’s ideal type: someone who leaves a strong impression

Jaeyoung lived in Kazakhstan.
Yuto was in a dance crew in Japan when he was a kid.
Yuto is very good in Korean but he makes mistakes in words like “avengers” and “subway” because in Korean it is spelled with “o” (Yuto and Seungyoon talked about that on vlive).
Jaeyoung was the first one who talked with Yuto (vlive)
Jaeyoung always pays for Yuto (vlive)
Yuto said that he is close with jaeyoung the most and he cares for him (vlive)
Seungjoon appeared on B1A4’s vlive looking like their lighstick and because of that he is called “Bbyeong man”.
Minseok really wanted to get close to Yuto and he always asks him if they are bestfriends, he even tested him with lie detector.
Minseok said that he wants to be with Yuto on a desert island and he was really disappointed when Yuto said that he wants to be with Jaeyoung (it was during their Japanese activities)
Yuto has got two brothers and a sister.
Changyoon cant cook but he is learning and he tried to cook on vlive.
Changyoon likes fashion and he designed their official tshirts.
Minseok has a really bad sight so he has to wear contacts.
Hyojin and Seungjoon are ONF’s parents.
Yuto is really shy and because of his lack of confidence he often thinks that he is awkward.
During their Japanese activities Yuto and jaeyoung were in the restaurant together, later they uploaded pictures and they wrote that they were on a date.
Minseok and Hyojin were in the final group in the MIXNINE but they didn’t debut.
ONF have a lot of new friends from mixnine including: Hyojin – Donghun of ace, A-day of seven o’clock. Yuto – Milo of Romeo. Wyatt – hyunsuk (yg trainee)

Billy

Their fandom name was announced a few hours ago, it’s FUSE

Julianne Soriano

ONF’s fanclub/fandom name is “Fuse”

KProfiles

Thank you for the additional info, it’s much appreciated! 🙂

KProfiles

Thank you for the info, it’s much appreciated! 🙂

KProfiles

@juliannesoriano:disqus
Thank you for the comment! 🙂

Ace

According to the new mv and a live stage of “fly me to the moon”, they each have a number that corresponds with the year they were born.
U and Laun – 99
MK, Wyatt, and J-US – 95
E-Tion and Hyojin – 94

Hyojin’s name means “treasure of the dawn” and his parents named him that because he was born in the morning. (On Heyo TV — subbed by ONF Subs)

And some celebrity friend facts:

Laun was in the same class in high school as NCT’s Mark, Golden Child’s Donghyun, Romeo’s Kangmin, Oh My Girl’s Arin and Gugudan’s Mina. (yes CLASS not just year! — different from Jihoon who is just same year.)

Hyojin and Laun were supposed to debut in the final TOP9 of MixNine, Hyojin placed 2nd and Laun 7th, but YG cancelled the debut’s plans after failing to find an accord with the winning members’ agencies (a.k.a. he wanted to extend TOP9 contract from 4 months to 3 years)

julia BANA

J-Us appeared in B1A4’s table tennis VLive as “Ppyoungie man”

Reilly ♡

I don’t think J-US is a sub-vocalist, he gets just as many lines as Hyojin most of time and he’s the main vocalist

sanabdz

U is friends with TWICE’s Sana (both are from Osaka and trained together in JYP)

Thanks for the info and for providing the source, it has been added to both this profile and to Sana’s individual profile and you received credits there! 🙂

sebinnocent

– Hyojin is a big fan of Park Hyosin. He is an idol because of him
– Hyojin is a fan of Highlight and he thinks that he resembles Yang Yoseob
– E-tion really likes Bigbang and G-dragon. He decided to be an idol after he watched bigbang Lies mv
– E-tion is a fan of Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, Frank Ocean. He really likes hiphop and R&B
– T-tion’s charming point are his eyes because of their ‘moon shape’
– ONF as animals by Hyojin: Etion – shark, Jus – owl, Wyatt – gorilla, MK – cat, U – shiba inu dog, Laun – frog
– Hyojin collects Jordan shoes
– Wyatt collects shoes and figures
– Laun collects books and pens
– U’s favourite japanese artist is Daichi Miura, Laun’s – Arashi, MK’s Nishino Kana, Sekai No Owari, Wyatt’s XJAPAN, J-Us’ Remioromen, Etion’s Sakaguchi Kentaro, Hyojin’s Nakashima Mika
– U thinks that his charming point is his energetic dance
– U doesn’t eat sundae
– ONF members really enjoy playing video games but Hyojin and Wyatt are the best in it
– E-tion wants to try a school concept, he wants to wear school uniform
– U is friends with all twice members not only Sana

Zee

When did Yuto say he likes daichi miura

ostshongseok

shouldn’t e-tion be before j-us since he is 94 liner and j-us is 95 liner?

KProfiles

@daniellesubias:disqus Thanks a lot for the heads up, it’s much appreciated! 🙂

Because j-us considering as hyung line in onf, wyatt is late one year when they join school, in korean if you born on half January you are considering as the same line as the people who born year before

Sesyl

Actually, is not that all people born in the first half of January are considered as they are same aged with people born in the previous year, but if someone is born before the Lunar New Year, which is always between January and February, they are considered same aged with the people born in the previous year.
This is confusing even for other Asian countries. GOT7 Jackson, for istance, was confused about that when he first come to Korea because he and JB are both born in 1994, but JB told Jackson to call him “hyung” because JB is born in early January and Jackson at the end of March. And for the same reason JB never call Mark “hyung” even if Mark is born in 1993.
Another example are Winner Yoon, iKON Jay and former Winner member Nam Taehyun: the three of them are born in 1994, but since both Yoon and Jay are born early in the year (Yoon’s birthday is January 21st, Jay’s birthday is February 7th), Taehyun used to call them “hyung”, since he is born in May.

Sesyl

ONF member ranking at the end of MixNine (just for science):
– Hyojin: 2nd place (was supposed to debut but YG screwed everything)
– J-US: 29th place
– E-tion: unknown (between 10th place and 18th place, he was on the final episode)
– Wyatt: unknown (between 10th place and 18th place, he was on the final episode)
– MK: 22nd place
– U: 23rd place
– Laun: 7th (was supposed to debut but YG screwed everything)

KProfiles

@disqus_rT8m6k9XqS:disqus Thanks a lot for the info, it’s much appreciated! 🙂

sebinnocent

– U is friends with Q, New from The Boyz and Chan from Stray Kids (Jeju festival)
– U participated in Dance War but got eliminated
– Wyatt is a fan of Jay Z
– Wyatt likes musicals and he often watches them
– Wyatt loves anime and cartoons, he hates horrors
– he knows B1A4 members well because they trained together
– Wyatt likes R&B
– E-Tion worked in a grocery shop, samgyetang restaurant, japanese restaurant, thai restaurant and a donut shop
– U makes his own choreographies
– E-Tion and Hyojin are friends with Jisung from Wannaone
– Laun is friends with Donghyun from Golden Child
– Suhyun and Woosung from Snuper like ONF’s songs and they danced to Complete on their vlive

HOSHAHOSHI

Excuse me, but I think you switched the rank of J-us and E-tion because J-us was eliminated in the last ep. after his ‘I like it too’ performance, and E-tion was eliminated after his ‘it’s you’ performance (which ruined by Small Jaejun)

juliette😔👊🏻

Shouldn’t J-Us be before E-tion as he’s OFF team leader? It’s basically the same role as Hyojin so they should both be before the others

Michelle

Lunar New Year in 1995 was January 30th, though. Wouldn’t that make them born in the same lunar year, since their birthdays are both before then?

dopey the opester

I think E-Tion and J-Us’s final MIXNINE ranks are flipped—E-Tion was 29 and J-Us was 11!

Michelle

J-US can’t be sub-vocal with the amount and types of lines he gets. He sings like a lead vocal, at the very least he’s a “vocalist”.

man minkyun was annoying as hell on no.mercy and tbh i really disliked his voice but idk maybe he improved and if he did i might consider stanning ^^

June Lynn

This is really rude to post. This is a platform for people are interested in ONF and you’re giving MK a bad impression. He’s a great person, and just because you don’t like him, you shouldn’t be commenting such things on a platform for ONF fans

Hyun

All of them are visual! 😚😂😂

K

Can anyone explain the difference between the two units pls

Isaac Proulx

That’s so mean! I liked Minkyun and was really sad when he was eliminated! Just because you think he’s annoying doesn’t give you the right to be so rude! And his voice is different and unique, it fits well in the group and gives it charm!

I don’t think there’s an official visual yet, but during mixnine, staffs as well as contestants always mentioned Hyojin as one of the most handsome guys in there. Also, in ep 13 he was chosen as mixnine’s top male visual by most male contestants. I think Hyojin would be picked as visual officially too but while there’s no official info let’s just assume them all as visuals (bc they are anyways)

Hyojin was also very complimented during mixnine for his beauty. In ep 13 he was picked as top male visual by most male contestants. Again, there’s no official info yet, but I guess he’d fit that role well.

Hayley Crouch

Is it just me or does MK kind of remind you of Wooyoung of ATEEZ? I think it might just be me tbh 🙂

Mathilde Sophie

Lmao I randomly found out about this group while searching for the National Forest Office logo (written ONF in my native langueage, French) and these guys popped up in Google alongside my logo, so I thought I had to check who they were before sleeping and they look cool ! I’ll listen to some of their songs tomorrow 🙂

Nan Phyu Sin Mg

isn’t J-us born in 1994? Hyojin, E-tion and J-us are the oldest members in ONF.